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A report on the impacts of implementing sustainability research on Illinois tollways.

An article on the strategies that the Utah Transit Authority has pursued in order to close to first mile/last mile gap in transit system accessibility.

This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) presentation addresses the new federal pavement and bridge condition performance management rule 23CFR 490. This rule addresses requirements established by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and reflects passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

The presentation was delivered as part of a webinar on May 31, 2017. The webinar agenda includes the following items:
• Measures for Assessing Pavement Condition
• Measures for Assessing Bridge Condition
• Target Establishment and Reporting

This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the federal pavement and bridge condition performance management rule 23CFR 490. This rule responds to the requirements established by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and reflects passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

The FAQ document includes sections addressing general questions, bridge-specific questions, and pavement-specific questions.

This research report presents guidance on the development of programs for data management at state, regional, and local agencies. It includes a review of current data integration methods at agencies, and it emphasizes data used to measure asset and system performance.

This document outlines a step-by-step process for the establishment of transportation performance targets. Steps include: defining purpose and target audience, setting parameters, identifying influencing factors, and determining strategies to achieve the targets.

This issue of TAMNews contains information regarding the revamped TAM website, an article about the St. Louis Metro Maintenance Program that produced a million mile bus, and notes for the 2016 State of Good Repair Roundtable.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 226: Data Visualization Methods for Transportation Agencies provides techniques for planners who have various levels of experience with displaying and reporting information in a visual format. A web-based resource is also available. The publication includes practices for developing visualization skills, enhancing transportation analysis, and improving public engagement.

The objective of TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 08-36(Task 128) was to evaluate Design Visualization Methods and their applicability to transportation planning and analysis. The report, Web-Only Document 226: Data Visualization Methods for Transportation Agencies, provides techniques for planners who have various levels of experience with displaying and reporting information in a visual format. It includes practices for developing visualization skills, enhancing transportation analysis, and improving public engagement. 

Safety Performance Management (Safety PM) is part of the overall Transportation Performance Management (TPM) program, which FHWA defines as a strategic approach that uses system information to make investment and policy decision to achieve national performance goals. The Safety PM Final Rule supports the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), as it establishes safety performance measure requirements for the purpose of carrying out the HSIP and to assess fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads.

This report develops a collection of transportation agency data management practices and experiences. The report demonstrates how agencies currently access, manage, use, and share data.

TRB's E-Circular 226: Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation explores research issues related to implementing transportation systems resilience, and explores themes of a whole system approach to resilience, weather and advances in forecasting, an integrated approach to cyber-physical security for transportation, a European perspective on research for resilient road infrastructure, training and recruiting qualified employees who can assist during adverse events, and improving the resilience of transit systems threatened by natural disasters.